If you went to the Beehive's party, you saw or yes, licked my ice sculpture of Scoopy. (Because I'm discreet, I won't tell you who sucked on Scoopy's stinger.)
Here's my story about the experience. Paul Germain of the Academy of Ice Carving and Design is a terrific teacher -- and I can't say enough about his patience and hospitality. Take a look:
Everything is such a secret with you, Jeesh!
How was the experience for you? Is that something you'd want to try again?
Did you read Joan's story, Stephen? She answers both those questions.
Joan!! Thank you again for the lovely ice sculpture!!! You put so much love into it!
I really appreciate it!
You're most welcome! I thought the heart was beautiful, and all that credit goes to Paul Germain.
I'm just glad you pulled your dog away from the dry ice! Paul agreed that dog + dry ice would be really, really bad.
That's awesome. I love your reactions to both the ice flying around and that ridiculously giant fireball.
I would be too terrified to hold a chainsaw, let alone hold a chainsaw near blocks of slippery ice, so props to you, Joan Obra!
Oh, believe me, it was intimidating at first, but Paul is really good at building his students' confidence.
Heather, I have no doubt that you could wield chainsaws and tackle slippery blocks of ice. You should try it sometime!
I only watched the video, Donald. Print is dead.
Yet, somehow, you comprehended my comment to you, and it wasn't in video form, so READING isn't yet dead. You didn't have to read Joan's story in the print edition; a link was provided. It's entirely your prerogative to skip the long-form version of Joan's storytelling, but to then publicly poke her for not answering your questions in an easily digestible, low-brainpower manner is a little rich, eh? It reminds me of people who look at the grade in a movie review box and then call me up and say, "Why did you give this movie a D?!!", and I reply, "Well, I spent 18 inches explaining exactly why; did you read it?" and they answer, "Um, no."
Ha! Zing.